Brexit bans EU boats from zapping fish using controversial ‘pulse trawling’ method in UK waters Fishermen from the EU have been banned from ‘pulse trawling’ in British waters The controversial technique uses electrical signals to drive flat fish into nets Environment Minister Zac Goldsmith said it was ‘fantastic news’ for UK waters By John Stevens … Read more
So long, and thanks for all the fishing quotas: Boris Johnson is accused of betraying Britain’s fishermen after compromise with EU in row over trawling The EU will give up only 25 per cent of the value of fish caught in UK waters Christmas Eve agreement will have a five-and-a-half-year transition period Prime Minister claimed … Read more
A barrier of boulders in the North Sea designed to prevent destructive bottom trawling has been completed by environmental charity Greenpeace. Greenpeace has placed boulders across the seabed of the 47 square mile Dogger Bank protection area to create a ‘bottom trawler exclusion zone’. The final two boulders in the ‘barrier’ were worked into ‘full … Read more